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1FVAC Flypaper – October 2015

The Flypaper is a monthly

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The Fox Valley Aero Club

P.O. Box 837

St. Charles, IL 60174-0837

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FlypaperOctober 2015

Fox Valley Aero Club

President:

Alvin [email protected]

Vice President:

Dave [email protected]

Secretary:

Dale [email protected]

Treasurer:

Paul [email protected]

Flypaper Editor:

Jason [email protected]

AMA Gold Leader Club

Academy of Model Aeronautics

Charter Club #252

Tom Flint photo

In this issue:

Horizon Hobby: New ProductsIncluded in Dale’sMember Meeting Minutes page 3

Loyalty Day Parade Awards page 10

Meet the New Members page 13

Doug Swanson photo


PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Alvin [email protected]

TREASURER’S REPORT

Paul [email protected]

The treasury continues to get stronger as many new members havejoined in the last few months from other clubs in the area. The greatnews is that these members like to fly.

Our next event coming up is the Turkey Fly on October 18 th so plan onattending this one for sure. This club does its’ best on a full stomach sobe sure and bring a fun-fly plane to enter into the limbo contest.John Turner tells me plans are going well for the Christmas Parties andhe and Joe Pedone are also working on next year’s swap. Unfortunately,Dorie and I will miss the swap as we will be stuck down in sunny Floridathat week in February.

I want to thank Mark Knoppkie for identifying and quickly repairing aloose bearing on my OS FS1.60 twin. It sure is nice to have talentedpeople in the club to call on and Mark is a master mechanic.There are many great flying days coming up in the fall so let’s get outthere and use this beautiful field before the dreaded snow comes.

Until next month,PaulThe viewpoints in this newsletter are solely those of the individual authors.

They may not necessarily represent those of the Editor, Officers, Board or

Membership of the Fox Valley Aero Club.

What an exciting year we have had: from frozen fingers until nowthis has been a great flying season at FVAC. We have had verysuccessful events and an all around great year.

Since the Turkey Fry is just around the corner this fun willcontinue. The Turkey Fry is a family event that will be held onSunday, October 18th . This event promises to be fun for all, planto bring a dish to pass and a big appetite.

The season is not over, the field is open year round. I am always soproud to be a part of such a great organization.

See ya at the field.


Mark KnoppieAlvin Cole

Dan Compton

DaleGathman

Paul Jacobs

TonyBahowick

Jeff Peca

SECRETARY’S REPORTDale [email protected]

Fox Valley Aero ClubMember Meeting Minutes

September 10, 2015@ St. Charles Township Hall

Photos by Doug Swanson & Jason Boettcher

President Alvin Cole called the meeting to order at7:33 pm and welcomed everyone.

Secretary Dale Gathman asked for any additions orcorrections to theAugust 13, 2015Member MeetingMinutes. None werevoiced. John Fischermoved that theminutes be accepted as presented. TonyBahowick seconded. Motion passedunanimously.

Treasurer Paul Jacobs reported that the treasury isin great shape for this time of year, and that we havebeen picking up new members.

Safety Chairman Alvin Cole announcedthat Jeff Peca has accepted the appointment of SafetyChairman for the remainder of the 2015 term. Jeff’sappointment was unanimously approved by the board.Alvin mentioned that his main criteria in choosing Jeff wasthat he had a great smile and was nice to people. Themembers welcomed Jeff with a round of applause. Jeffasked that any member with safety concerns or questions

please contact him.

Alvin Cole next announced that he has appointed a committeeconsisting of five of the board members and himself. The committee willbe looking at and adding clarity to the process of allowing guests ofmembers to fly at our field. The current policy basically says that a guestcan fly at the field three times before being required to join. It doesn’taddress any details about what the guest needs to be taught about thefield or who is responsible for the guests and their aircraft when they areat the field.

Field Chairman Mark Knoppkie reported that the parking lot extensionis probably not going to happen this year, but it might. If it does, it could

happen at a moment’s notice, when the material andequipment become available. The plan is to mirrorthe east parking lot and roadway on the west side ofthe pavilion, using ground up asphalt provided byJim Gnutek. The board has authorized renting askid-steer, and Steve Baker and Karl Griesbaumhave volunteered to do the work. They may need afew additional volunteers to help. At this point Markis waiting to hear from Jim to find out when we maybe able to get the asphalt grindings. Dave Cottonasked if there were any other parking lots made of

asphalt grindings that we could take a look at. Mark replied that hewould check. He also said that Jim Gnutek recommended that we leavethe existing gravel drive and just use grindings to extend it to the newlot. Mark then mentioned that the handicap Porta Potty will stay at thefield year round. He plans on asking if they make one that also has aurinal. Alvin Cole asked about taking down the blast shields for the year,and Mark said that last year we took them down atthe conclusion of the Turkey Fry. Dan Comptonasked about the status of the pavilion roof holepatching project. Mark replied that if the weathercooperates, we can do the painting in the nearfuture. The patching can be done at any time, buteveryone wants to fly every chance they get as thesummer is coming to an end. Alvin mentioned thatthe roof project may have to wait until next spring.A member mentioned that one of the GFCI outlets


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was blinking and sometimes they fault out on dewy mornings. Also, themiddle power supply at the juice bar was not working until they openedit up and jiggled the wires. Mark said that he would check out theseissues. Alvin Cole asked all members to please email notice of anyproblems like these to himself, Dale Gathman, Mark Knoppkie, or JeffPeca so that we can get them addressed immediately. It is especiallyimportant to notify one of these people of any electrical problems.

Alvin Cole next announced that the Turkey Fry will be on October 18,and all members and their guests are welcome. Each family should bringa dish to pass, a good appetite, and a plane to fly.

Flypaper Editor Jason Boettcher announced that the Flypaper is doinggood, and the members showed their agreement with around of applause. Alvin expressedthanks that Jason does such a greatjob on the paper. Paul Jacobsmentioned that due to the size ofthe paper, he gets 10-15 emails‘bounced’ back because the file istoo large. There was somediscussion about not sending it outvia email, and only having itavailable on the website, and some

of the members strongly conveyed that they really want to continuereceiving it by email. Alvin Cole clarified that if any member is notreceiving the Flypaper via email, it is not because we are not sending itto them, it is probably due to their email service rejecting it due to thesize of the file. In those cases, the member should get their copy throughthe club website.

Government Relations Chairman Todd Culbertson (Rocket Man) wasabsent, but asked Alvin to mention that Todd is looking into thepossibility of having a full scale Huey helicopter at the 2016 Windy CityWarbirds & Classics. This would be a display that people could look atand even sit in. Alvin then mentioned that we still need to make sure weare courteous and respectful to tour neighbors. He said that a couple ofthe police officers from the gun range came over and said that a coupleof our planes were too loud, and asked if we could watch it a little whenthey are shooting. Alvin said that even though we may not have been

over-flying the range, even being close with a loud plane could distractthe officers, so we need to be careful not to fly too close to the range,especially with loud planes, on days when the officers are shooting.

Membership Chairman Tony Bahowick announcedthat we have 180 paid members, andrecognized Jason Flowers for bringingin two new member applicationstonight. Tony then introduced newmembers Ed Wonnacott and MikeMaciejewski. Ed said that he has beenin and out of RC for six or seven years.Ed worked at O-Hare Airport for 40years, starting out on the ramp loadingbags, and ending up working traffic

control in the tower for the last ten years. The crowdwelcomed Ed with a round of applause. Mike said thathe has been in the hobby for about 30 years, and that hehas soloed three times. One of Mike’s favorite planes ishis Kadet Junior, which he crashed several times. Hefinally got rid of the three channel system and addedailerons, and now it flies much better and faster. Mikeis getting into giant scale now. He claims that he is an‘okay’ pilot. The crowd also welcomed Mike withApplause.

Next a visitor James introduced himself, his son Jairus, daughterDanielle, and wife Vanessa. James said that both he and his son are inthe Civil Air Patrol, and they worked at our WCWC 2015 event this year.At this time, only Jairus flies RC. The group welcomed them with a round


John Fischer

Brian Wituk shows the Awards forthe float FVAC entered in theBatavia Loyalty Day Parade.

BobLittlefield

of applause.

New member

Bob Littlefield

then introduced

himself. He

said the he and

his wife Lynn

both joined the

club. Bob said

that he has been flying for about

four years, and is getting a little

better every year. They were also welcomed with a round of applause.

Welcome new members. Tony reiterated that the Turkey Fry is coming

up on October 18. Also, the last Fun Fly of the year, the Limbo, will be

held during the Turkey Fry.

Festival of Flight – John Fischer announced that the Festival of Flightwas a success, and he thanked everyone whovolunteered. He asked for a show of hands of thosewho helped out at the event, and almost everyone inthe room raised their hand. Most of those who didn’twork flew at the event, and many of the members didboth. John said that we made around $1600.00 for theevent, and between the Festival and the WCWC, wemade around $5000.00. This allowed us to purchasethe new (used) pop machine, and will also allow usmake the club and field even better. Next year, the2016 Windy City Warbirds & Classics is scheduled for

June 23, 24, and 25, with an open Fun Fly following on June 26. The2016 Festival of Flight will also be in September again. John expressedhis gratitude for all those who helped out this year, and mentioned thatthe volunteer effort this year was the greatest that he has ever seen, andhe has been a member for 12 years. The crowd gave themselves a roundof applause for their efforts. Alvin Cole then made mention of thefollowing ‘special’ attractions seen at the Festival:

1. A Flying Lawn Mower – Piloted by Paul Martin.2. A Flying Race Car – Piloted by Jeff Peca.

3. A fantastic Candy Drop, organized at the last minute by EricStenson who obtained the services of a pilot and plane, andassisted by John, Debbie and Katie Howe, who got the candyand prepared it for the drop. This whole plan came together inthe space of 12 hours, and was a great team effort.

The crowd showed their appreciation of these attractions, pilots andhelpers with a great round of applause.

Float Chairman – Brian Witukdisplayed the Plaque andcertificate that we won for ourbeautiful float which weentered in the Batavia LoyaltyDay Parade. Our float won 2nd

place in the adult category.This news was followed by around of applause.

Show and Tell – Tony Sokol firstexplained a neat method of makingcanopy hold down screws that can beremoved by hand – no tools required. Hesimply takes a 4-40 socket head screw,installs a short piece of fuel tubing ontothe screw against the head, and thenhand tightens the screws in place. Theyhold well, the tubing acts as a lockwasher and resists vibration loosening,

Doug Swanson photo


and when he wants to remove them, he can do so by hand. Tony thenmentioned that due to some health issues, he has to be able to sit whenhe flies, which kept him from flying for a while. Thanks to theencouragement of Dave Murray, Mark Knoppkie, and quite a fewothers, his wife and daughter bought him a plastic 500 lb. capacitysawhorse at Home Depot for $20.00. This device can be placed near theflightline and it allows Tony to sit on the sawhorse and fly comfortably.Because of this, Tony is flying again, and he encouraged anyone else inneed of such a device to feel free to use it. Dave Cotton said “Welcomeback Tony”, which elicited a great round of applause. Tony next showedand demonstrated a unique safety device for electric powered aircraftcalled SafeStart.

He has it installed in an Aeroworks 60-90 size electric plane. Tony saidthat he was going to do something ‘stupid’ and asked Mark to hold theplane securely. He then proceeded to plug in the battery with histransmitter throttle at 50%. The two colored LED lights on the devicestarted alternately flashing rapidly, letting him know that the throttlewas not at 0%. The motor did not start at this point. Tony then movedhis throttle to 0%, which caused the device LED to go solid red. With theLED solid red, Tony could safely work on the plane without any chanceof the motor energizing. Once he is ready to fly, He holds the red LEDbutton in for three seconds, at which point it turns green, indicating thatthe motor is ready to run at the throttle’s command. Once Tony is doneflying, he taxis the plane in, and when the green LED button is pushed,the green light goes out and it disarms the motor and will not re-arm ituntil the battery is unplugged and plugged back in. The device isavailable online for $35.00. It hooks in series with the throttle signal

wire going from thereceiver to the ESC.Tony said that it isgreat for ESCs thatdon’t have a switch.They are availablefromwww.davesrce.com .

Mel Ziska next showed his new E-Flite Carbon-Z T-28.

He now has two of these, so that he and another pilot can fly themtogether. Chris Gini who flew Mel’s, and Rusty Dose who also owns one,flew kind of a formation flight during the Festival of flight. Mel said it isan awesome airplane that flies like a dream. It comes with slow speed


DougScatterday

retracts installed and they are well made. It has an AS3X receiver. Melsaid that the hardest thing you have to do when you get it is to open thebox. One thing to be aware of is that it requires a battery with an EC5connector. The plane also has operational flaps. When putting the planetogether, there are four screws of two lengths that hold the tail on.Everything except the horizontal stab/elevator is installed in the planewhen you get it. You do have to install the motor, so it is important tocheck the rotation before mounting the prop. There are four screws tohold the wing together and also hold it to the fuselage. Mel said that heput it together, bound it, and it was ready to fly. The receiver can beprogrammed through a PC or an IPhone. It uses a 4000-5000 6S LiPobattery.

Special Guest – Doug Scatterday from Horizon Hobby – The floor wasthen turned over to our Special Guest Doug Scatterdaywho now works for Horizon Hobby. Doug handed outraffle tickets to each member for a drawing at the endof the night. The two raffle prizes were Ultra Micro B-17 planes. He then said that he wants to focus mainlytonight on the new Sportsman S+ Trainer airplane,which he says is the most exciting thing that hashappened in RC since he has been involved in RC. Butfirst he gave us a ‘sneak peak’ of some new products.Doug let us know that the items he brought for the‘sneak peak’ tonight have never been seen by the

public yet, in fact they have never been out ofthe Horizon building. The first was a new UltraMicro P-47B. He explained that these planesare ‘Gen 2’ planes, which means that they have2 cell LiPo batteries instead of the usual 1 cellbatteries we are used to for ultra micros.These planes have brushless motors, and the P-47B has a four blade prop. The extra powerallows more weight to be added to the plane.All gear are removable for hand launch. It usesa 200ma 2S battery.

For Skip Stewart fans, Horizon has a dealwith Skip Stewart, who is coming out with aP3 plane next year. Skip allowed Horizon tomodel the P3 version. Doug showed the newP3 ultra micro, which also uses a brushlessmotor and 200ma 2S LiPo. Doug said thatjust announced today, Horizon is coming outwith a brand new 60cc P3 model, which isdesigned for a brand new 62cc Evolution gasengine. Both P3 models have HUGE controlsurfaces with HUGE deflection.

For Helicopter fans, he showed a new Apacheultra micro helicopter, which is brushless, hascollective, a four blade rotor, and uses a 400ma2S LiPo.

Doug then showed a helicopter that is a greathelicopter to take a pilot from a co-axial heli allthe way to 3D. Doug explained that thetechnological improvements now are a littlemore subtle than in the past. Horizon focusesonstabilization,

and the helicopters have ‘flight modes’.They can be flown like a coaxialhelicopter as well as a collective and3D helicopter. They have AS3X with 6axis stabilization, and even have panicrecovery.


Doug then said that Horizon is putting a lot of emphasis on reducing thebarriers to entry of all RC products. He said that learning is painful, andthere is a lot of anxiety in learning to fly RC aircraft. The first steptowards alleviating this anxiety was the Apprentice trainer that cameout a couple years ago. It had stabilization and flight modes. The

beginner mode limited controlthrow. It was still subject to a ‘fly-away’ if someone lost it in the sunthough. With the new SportsmanS+, they have all of thestabilization features, and addedGPS. They had the Sportsman S+as well as the new ChromaCamera drone at the AMA onTuesday. Both were flown andwere astounding successes. The

Sportsman S+ has a Park Mode and a Flying Field Mode. Because of theGPS, there is some prep work to do before you fly it to calibrate thecompass and set the field type, circular or rectangular. Once at the field,you put the plane on the other side of the zero line of the runway, and itwill not allow the plane to cross the zero line. It also sets up a ‘picketfence’ that it will not fly beyond. If it flies straight out and hits the ‘picketfence’, it will turn around and return. While it is returning, it is on autopilot. When the pilot hits a button, control returns to the pilot. If thepilot gets into trouble, the plane will also auto land within 20 feet and 2degrees of the line where it took off. While it is auto landing, the pilotcan also add corrections. If the pilot gets freaked out while flying, he canflip a switch and the plane will go into a holding pattern while the pilotcollects himself and then he can re-take control. Doug says that thisplane takes all of the negatives out of the training equation. The

Sportsman S+ sells for $349.95 for the RTFversion. Doug emphasized that ‘you NEEDto read the instruction manual with thisplane’.The last item Doug showed is a new DXeTransmitter. This is not a computer radio,but it uses an IPhone. You attach the phoneto the radio, program it on the phone anddownload it to the radio. This will notreplace the current DX7, 9 or 18 for

advanced functions, but for an entrylevel radio, it is full of features for theprice ($59.95 transmitter only). It hasa 6 channel capability expandable to9. The transmitter will operate onDSM2 or DSMX.Doug explained that all of the newultra micros come as BNF Basic,

which do not include a charger or battery.This keeps the price down, and people don’tend up with chargers they don’t need. Atthat point, Doug had two names drawn forthe B-17 prizes. The two members whowent home with a new ultra micro B-17were Dale Gathman (thanks) and DanCompton. Alvin Cole thanked Doug for thegreat presentation, and the members

showed their appreciation by arousing round of applause. Beforeclosing, Doug placed a pile ofsamples of DuBro products on thetable and said that everyone couldhelp themselves.In closing, Doug also mentioned thata 1.2m Mustang is coming out soonas well.

Tom Flint announced that John Fischer won the bidding for theAirplane Adirondack chair that Tom created for the St. Charles Chair-ityevent. Congratulations on a great purchase John.

Hearing no further business, President Alvin Cole asked for a motion toadjourn. John Fischer moved to adjourn. Kevin Kessler seconded.Motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 8:58 pm.

Respectfully SubmittedDale Gathman – Secretary FVAC


Left to right are Vanessa, Danielle, , Jairus andJames. James and Jairus both are in the Civil AirPatrol and worked at our WCWC 2015 event thisyear. Jairus also flies RC.

Horizon HobbyRed Bull Edge 540 BNF Basic


Loyalty Day Parade Awards

Doug Swanson photo

Loyalty Day Parade Awards


Doug Swanson photo


FROM THE EDITORJason [email protected]

The corn came down on Thursday, October 1. A membersent an e-mail to Paul who ‘blasted’ it out. The sun wasshining so I ran to the field straight away to have a look andget a photo. As you can see here it really changes the look ofour environment. One of the things that struck me was howhealthy and good our grass looked. We really do have abeautiful field. Hats off to all those who help maintain theproperty!

We have some extra photos to enjoy this month from ourmonthly member meeting. Thank you, Doug, for bringingyour camera and getting some great pictures!

The shot of the month is from our War Birds and Classicsevent. When I was digging through the archives from ourvery busy summer months the rich colors of this shot struckme. It is a Dale Gathman photo, enjoy. -JB

Check it out, the corn is down.


MEET OUR NEW MEMBERS

By Tony Bahowick

From Left to Right

Bob Littlefield and his wife Lynn both joined our club. They are from Franklin Park. Bob’s been involved in RC flying for

about 4 years. He’s currently flying a ¼ scale Bud Nosen Cub built from a kit.

Ed Wonnacott is from Addison and retired from American Airlines “a few years ago”. Ed’s been in the hobby for more

than 40 years, but put it on the shelf for “about 30 years” as family and work took precedence. Ed’s current interest is

giant scale aircraft including a 30cc Aeroworks Bravada, and a large scale Piper Pawnee.

Mike Maciejewski lives in St Charles. Mike’s first plane was a .25cc MEC Messerschmitt ME109. He’s currently flying a

SIG Kadet Jr (built many years ago) and a 86” Horizon P47.

Bob, Ed and Mike all are former members of the Barnstormers. Mike was president for 4 years.

Please extend to them a warm welcome.

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Check it out, the corn is down.

Please Support your Local Hobby Shop!


ShoT OF THE MONTH

Dale Gathman photo

Scott’s Tiger Moth from our War Birds and Classics Event

2015 Fox Valley Aero Club

Calendar of EventsJanuary 1 Fun-Fly — Frozen Fingers 10:00 AM FVAC FieldJanuary 8 FVAC Member Meeting 7:30 Regular at Township Hall

February 12 FVAC Member Meeting 6:30 Board, 7:30 Regular at Township HallFebruary 21 FVAC Annual Swap Meet 9:00-2:00 Kane County Fair Grounds

March 12 FVAC Member Meeting 6:30 Board, 7:30 Regular at Township Hall

April 9 FVAC Member Meeting 6:30 Board, 7:30 Regular at Township HallApril 11 Norton Creek STEM Rocket Contest 1:00-7:00 FVAC FieldApril 12 Alternate Norton Creek STEM Rockets 1:00-7:00 FVAC FieldApril 18 Field Work Day FVAC Field

May 3 Batavia Loyalty Day Parade Time TBD, Parade Begins at 1:30May 14 FVAC Member Meeting 6:30 Board, 7:30 Regular at Township HallMay 23 Fun-Fly - Two Minute Flight 1:00-3:00 FVAC FieldMay 25 St. Charles Memorial Day Parade Time TBD

June 6 Rocket Fest & Kids Fly FVAC FieldJune 7 Pig Roast & Fun-Fly FVAC FieldJune 11 FVAC Member Meeting 6:30 Board, 7:30 Regular at FVAC FieldJune 25-27 2015 Windy City Warbirds & Classics FVAC FieldJune 28 Open Fun-Fly for any AMA member FVAC Field

July 9 FVAC Member Meeting 6:30 Board, 7:30 Regular at FVAC Field

August 1 Fun-Fly - Timed Loops 5 Inside, 3 Outside 1:00-3:00 FVAC FieldAugust 13 Cub Fly and FVAC Member Meeting Cub Fly 2:00; Meetings- 6:30 Board,

7:30 Regular at FVAC FieldAugust 22 Festival of Flight FVAC Field

September 10 FVAC Member Meeting 6:30 Board, 7:30 Regular at Township Hall

October 8 FVAC Member Meeting 6:30 Board, 7:30 Regular at Township HallOctober 18 Turkey Fry & Fun-Fly - Limbo FVAC Field

November 12 FVAC Member Meeting 6:30 Board, 7:30 Regular at Township Hall

December 4 Annual Christmas Party 6:00 Hilton Garden Inn-St. CharlesDecember 10 Rookies Christmas Party Rookies Sports Bar & Grill-St. Charles

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